in 2 days finished Little Children by Tom Perrotta. if you remember, i blogged about the movie several weeks ago. finally i tracked down a franklin county owned version of the book (at the library with the weirdest hours ever... like only open from 1 to 5 3 days a week...), i checked it out, and i could not put it down! it took me 10 day (of the 14 it is checked out) to get started, but when i did i breezed right through it. it is a very good book, much like the movie (which was also quite pleasurable, probably due to the staring in it...)
so if you need a quick read, pick it up. i would recommend watching the movie, also, because the movie has a different (and better) ending. the book isn't nearly as disturbing as the movie was (there is a child molester in the story). before i know i mentioned that i didn't really like kate winslet in the movie (her boobs are so ugly) but actually, they picked a great person to play the part - in the book she has the same qualities, as well as bushy eyebrows (just like the real person!)
anyway, i recommend both.
on a totally separate note...
this morning kendal tasted his first rock. i was watering the tomatoes and he leaned over to reach a piece of smoky/iron quartz that was sitting on the rail (it had been cleaned numerous times with the water hose, nathaniel finds "cool" rocks and usually cleans them and sits them on the rail for all to see). anyway, kendal picked it up, put it right in his mouth, and then spit and dropped the rock (almost on my toe!)
p.s. my keyboard batteries are running low so if i am missing a letter here and there, that is why.
Smoky quartz is cool! Our property is full of interesting rocks for those who haven't been there. Rocks, rocks, everywhere. In the yard, underground and in my head.
ReplyDeleteTo a geologist, our rocks may be boring, but to me, they are neat. Lots of quartz crystals with mica books.
I think I own the book, so you could have borrowed it. But, i am glad you read it.
ReplyDeleteMy kids say they are eating rocks everytime they see me put salt on their food. So... technically... probably not the first rock Rocket man has eaten :-)
At least he's not yet eating snails (like his dad did!)
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